Granted, a lot of my complaints are specific to this author, and it's clear that this is his writing style and political stance, so it is a case of this author not being for me. I also felt that the inciting incident wasn't "extreme" enough to justify the rest of the story, in that the dystopia the author depicted was pretty close to real life and just didn't use the genre of extreme horror to its advantage the way an author like Matt Shaw might. Between the short disclaimer at the beginning that the author is only criticizing the "bad apples" and that his satire isn't meant to slander real cops, to the bizarre anti-gun sentiment the bad cops in the book had, targeting pro-2nd amendment protesters and people with "Don't Tread on Me" bumper stickers.
It almost treated the reader like they were stupid? Every character has a celebrity counterpart named right off the bat seemingly to avoid actually having to describe them, my favorite part being mentioning at least twice that one character "was called Hester, because he looked a lot like Dave Hester from the TV show Storage Wars" I rofldīesides the writing, I thought the theme of criticizing the police got a little bit lost. Personally, though, I found the writing style to be super super grating.
Garrett in prime form and if you're into his other stuff, Pigs might be for you. Going in, I was completely unaware of this author and his MO, which is on me. Which is a shame, because I really wanted to like it. Unfortunately, I found it repetitive, confused, and boring and ultimately can't recommend it. It appeared to him to be a scathing satire of the police state and had pretty great reviews. I'm a big fan of the similarly titled extreme horror story Cows by Matthew Stokoe and he thought it'd be funny Garrett was my first read of 2023 and it brings me no joy to report that it wasn't good.įirst things first, I received this book as a gift from my fiancé because: Pigs: An Extreme Horror Novella by Wade H.
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